VIEW: Mobile Phone News in Iranian Mass Media, Tuesday, June 10, 2008

• Samsung announces its F490
• “Import duty on mobile phones maybe 25% again”

Articles Digest:
• A health expert said in an interview with MOBNA that mobile waves are harmful to those people who have electronic devices, e.g. artificial heart, implanted in their body, and even may lead to their death. This was published today in Jahan-e Eghtesad daily.
• Trades of MCI SIM cards are still dull in Tehran, according to SIM cards sellers. This was published today in Donya-ye Eghtesad daily.
• Samsung has introduced its latest mobile phone F490 to global mobile phone market, wrote MOBNA.
• Fanavaran daily today published a news item titled “Import duty on mobile phone maybe 25% again” that quotes an informed source as saying 25% import duty on mobile phones would meet with final approval.
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